Whirlpool (move)

Whirlpool うずしお Whirl Tide

The user traps the foe inside a fast, vicious whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns.

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  15 Accuracy  70% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II HM06 in Generation II

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0 Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0 Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Whirlpool on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Whirlpool on Eevee's Movedex

Whirlpool (Japanese: うずしお Whirl Tide) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation II. It was the first HM move to lose its HM status, and was later followed by Flash and Dive.

Effect

Generation II

In battle

Whirlpool inflicts damage and traps the target in a whirlpool for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly at the end of each turn.

Outside of battle

Whirlpool clears whirlpools in the field.

Generation III and on

Whirlpool inflicts damage and traps the target in a whirlpool for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly at the end of each turn.

If a wild Pokémon uses Whirlpool on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if his or her Pokémon has the Run Away ability. However, Run Away does not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.

Generation IV

If the user of Whirlpool is holding a Grip Claw, the duration of Whirlpool is always 5 turns.

In the anime

Piplup using Whirlpool

Floatzel using Whirlpool

Piplup using Whirlpool

Pokémon

Lugia Whilst swimming at the bottom of the ocean, Lugia's eyes glow white, and a large whirlpool forms around its body. Lugia ascends through the whirlpool, breaking the surface and attacks its foes, or if not attacking, the whirlpool explodes and does a large amount of damage.

• Used by Lugia in The Power of One. Debut

Piplup glows a blue-white color. It then opens it mouth and a huge Whirlpool is released from it.

• Used by Dawn's Piplup from Getting the Pre-Contest Titters to present.
• Used by Piplup in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky.

Floatzel glows a blue-white color. It then opens it mouth and a huge Whirlpool is released from it.

• Used by Crasher Wake's Floatzel in A Crasher Course in Power!.

Learnset

Generation II

By HM06

#		Pokémon	Type
007		Squirtle	Water
008		Wartortle	Water
009		Blastoise	Water
054		Psyduck	Water
055		Golduck	Water
060		Poliwag	Water
061		Poliwhirl	Water
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison
086		Seel	Water
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice
090		Shellder	Water
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice
098		Krabby	Water
099		Kingler	Water
116		Horsea	Water
117		Seadra	Water
120		Staryu	Water
121		Starmie	Water
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
134		Vaporeon	Water
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
139		Omastar	Rock	Water
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying
151		Mew	Psychic
158		Totodile	Water
159		Croconaw	Water
160		Feraligatr	Water
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric
183		Marill	Water
184		Azumarill	Water
186		Politoed	Water
194		Wooper	Water	Ground
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
223		Remoraid	Water
224		Octillery	Water
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon
245		Suicune	Water
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
258		Mudkip	Water		33
320		Wailmer	Water		19
321		Wailord	Water		19
366		Clamperl	Water		--
367		Huntail	Water		--
368		Gorebyss	Water		--
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	Wailmer, Wailord
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
090		Shellder	Water		37
258		Mudkip	Water		33
320		Wailmer	Water		14
321		Wailord	Water		14
366		Clamperl	Water		--
367		Huntail	Water		--
368		Gorebyss	Water		--
393		Piplup	Water		32
394		Prinplup	Water		37
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel	39
418		Buizel	Water		36
419		Floatzel	Water		39
456		Finneon	Water		38
457		Lumineon	Water		42
489		Phione	Water		39
490		Manaphy	Water		39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Mudkip Wailmer, Wailord Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Buizel, Floatzel Finneon, Lumineon
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Wailmer, Wailord Finneon, Lumineon
258		Mudkip	Water		Mudkip Wailmer, Wailord Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Buizel, Floatzel Finneon, Lumineon
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	Wailmer, Wailord Finneon, Lumineon
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Trivia

• Although it is only one of three moves to lose HM status, and in fact the first one, it is also the only former HM to never return as a move tutor or TM move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Torbellino.
• Italian: Mulinello.
• German: Whirlpool
• French: Siphon
• Dutch: Draaikolk

Variations on the move Fire Spin
	Fire Spin | Whirlpool
	Sand Tomb

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